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New left unity in the Philippines By Reihana Mohideen MANILA — The "State of the Nation" address is an important day in the Philippine left's calendar, demonstrations being held outside the opening of Congress in the new financial
SA workers to support anti-racism rally By Emma Webb ADELAIDE — The South Australian United Trades and Labour Council has voted to call a two-hour stop-work on August 28, from 2 to 4pm, in solidarity with high school students walking out of
By James Balowski Although military suppression of national liberation struggles in East Timor and West Papua are well known, equally violent incidents have occurred in the Indonesian province of Aceh, North Sumatra. With the military coming under
By Sue Boland Despite the miles of newsprint and the hours of discussion on radio and television about the need for tax "reform" and the "need" for a goods and services tax (GST), there is deafening silence about the only genuinely equitable method
By Peter Boyle Resistance's successful anti-racist campaigning among secondary students has been furiously attacked by several conservative newspaper columnists and by the editor of Sydney's Daily Telegraph, Piers Akerman, for "manipulating" and
Doing time for Jabiluka mine By Adam Nelson DARWIN — Protests against Jabiluka uranium mine are intensifying with more than 390 arrests to date at the Jabiluka blockade. Ten activists have been remanded in Berrimah Prison. Many others have
An invitation Each month, distributors of Green Left Weekly organise fundraising events — dinners, film showings, band nights, jumble sales — to help keep the paper in production. Being a non-profit paper which campaigns against sexism, racism,
On July 24 and July 28, in the largest secondary student action of its kind in Australia's history, more than 14,000 students walked out of class and publicly demonstrated their opposition to racism and the policies of the One Nation party. It was
Korean workers offer wage cuts to save jobs By Eva Cheng On August 6, the occupation by about 3000 workers of Hyundai Motors' key plant in Ulsan entered its 18th day. Hyundai Motors is South Korea's biggest car maker. The workers are trying to
Burmese rally for democracy CANBERRA — More than 400 Burmese and their supporters protested outside the Burmese embassy in Canberra on August 8. The action was part of actions worldwide to commemorate the August 8, 1988 uprising in Burma in which
Never a White Flag: The Memoirs of Jock Barnes, Waterfront Leader Edited by Tom BrambleVictoria University PressAvailable from One World BooksBox 68-419, NewtonAuckland NZe-mail <books@oneworld.org.nz>NZ$36 (includes postage) Review by
Solidarity from Indonesia The following message was sent to the Resistance national office from the People's Democratic Party (PRD) of Indonesia. We congratulate you on your success in mobilising young people and high school students all over